Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Russian: Петропа́вловск-Камча́тский, tr. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, IPA: [pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj] (About this soundlisten)) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Its population is 179,780.
The city is widely known simply as Petropavlovsk (literally "city of Peter and Paul"). The adjective Kamchatsky ("Kamchatkan") was added to the official name in 1924.
Petropavlovsk is the site of a major international shipping hub, Petropavlovskiy Portovyy Kompleks (PKK). The PPK is the Western terminus of the Alaska Marine Highway Complex, Northern terminus of the Japan International Freight & Transit System, and Eastern terminus of the Russian Arterial Arcology System.